DREADMOOR
SteamWindowsEarly AccessNov 9 2026

DREADMOOR vs Dredge (2026 video game)

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DREADMOOR is not a sequel to Dredge, not a spin-off, and not the same world. The studios are different. Dream Dock makes DREADMOOR. Black Salt Games made Dredge, and Team17 published it. Sharing a fishing rod and a dark sea is why the names get paired. It is not a development relationship.

Dredge came out on 30 March 2023 on Windows and macOS, single-player, played from above the boat. DREADMOOR entered Steam Early Access on 9 November 2026, Windows only, in first person, with time spent off the boat and with fights that happen in real time. Both ask you to sell fish and improve a hull under a horror sky. The camera, the year, and the publisher are not shared.

Press reached for Dredge because readers already know that game. A Rock Paper Shotgun headline framed DREADMOOR as Dredge plus first-person sailing in the manner of Sea of Thieves. An IGN preview used “if you enjoyed Dredge” as the way in. Those are headlines about taste. They are not a credit on the store page.

Which one fits you is a preference, not a ranking I will fake with a score. If you want the 2023 overhead loop on a Mac, that is Dredge’s store page. If you want the 2026 first-person Windows Early Access build, that is app 3629430. Dredge’s current discount changes often, so I am not printing a live price for it.

Differences that are on the store pages
DREADMOORDredge
StudioDream DockBlack Salt Games
PublisherDigital Vortex EntertainmentTeam17
Release9 Nov 2026, Early Access30 Mar 2023
ViewFirst person, on and off the boatAbove the boat
PlatformsWindowsWindows and macOS
PlayersSingle-playerSingle-player
CombatReal-timeNot the same first-person fights
Official Steam screenshot: first-person cast in a flooded swamp, giant red mushrooms and a dinosaur skull behind the line. Dream Dock / Digital Vortex Entertainment.
Official Steam screenshot: first-person cast in a flooded swamp, giant red mushrooms and a dinosaur skull behind the line. Dream Dock / Digital Vortex Entertainment.
Official Steam screenshot from the DREADMOOR store page (image 2). Dream Dock / Digital Vortex Entertainment.
Official Steam screenshot from the DREADMOOR store page (image 2). Dream Dock / Digital Vortex Entertainment.

Related

Similar gamesDredge, Sea of Thieves, and Raft, only where a source makes the link.MultiplayerDREADMOOR stays single-player.ControversyThe “looks like Dredge” argument, as a timeline rather than a verdict.

Questions

Is it the same universe?

No source from either studio says that. The shared part is the genre: dark fishing, a boat, a bad sea.

Which is scarier?

I am not assigning a scare score. The cameras are different enough that the fear arrives differently.

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